Commit 5c184115 authored by Randy Dunlap's avatar Randy Dunlap Committed by Jonathan Corbet

input: Documentation: corrections for input-programming.rst

Drop a repeated word.
Fix punctuation of "eg." to "e.g."
Fix punctuation of "ie" to "i.e."
Add hyphentation to non-zero.
Capitalize PM (for Power Management).
Capitalize ID (for Identifier).
Change "," in a run-on sentence to ";".
Signed-off-by: default avatarRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210302223523.20130-8-rdunlap@infradead.orgSigned-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent 365c6a3e
......@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Then there is the::
call to tell those who receive the events that we've sent a complete report.
This doesn't seem important in the one button case, but is quite important
for for example mouse movement, where you don't want the X and Y values
for example for mouse movement, where you don't want the X and Y values
to be interpreted separately, because that'd result in a different movement.
dev->open() and dev->close()
......@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ dev->open() and dev->close()
In case the driver has to repeatedly poll the device, because it doesn't
have an interrupt coming from it and the polling is too expensive to be done
all the time, or if the device uses a valuable resource (eg. interrupt), it
all the time, or if the device uses a valuable resource (e.g. interrupt), it
can use the open and close callback to know when it can stop polling or
release the interrupt and when it must resume polling or grab the interrupt
again. To do that, we would add this to our example driver::
......@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ makes sure that dev->open() is called only when the first user connects
to the device and that dev->close() is called when the very last user
disconnects. Calls to both callbacks are serialized.
The open() callback should return a 0 in case of success or any nonzero value
The open() callback should return a 0 in case of success or any non-zero value
in case of failure. The close() callback (which is void) must always succeed.
Inhibiting input devices
......@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ providing events to the input core.
Calling the device's close() method on inhibit (if there are users) allows the
driver to save power. Either by directly powering down the device or by
releasing the runtime-pm reference it got in open() when the driver is using
runtime-pm.
releasing the runtime-PM reference it got in open() when the driver is using
runtime-PM.
Inhibiting and uninhibiting are orthogonal to opening and closing the device by
input handlers. Userspace might want to inhibit a device in anticipation before
......@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ It's reported to the input system via::
input_report_key(struct input_dev *dev, int code, int value)
See uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h for the allowable values of code (from 0 to
KEY_MAX). Value is interpreted as a truth value, ie any nonzero value means key
pressed, zero value means key released. The input code generates events only
KEY_MAX). Value is interpreted as a truth value, i.e. any non-zero value means
key pressed, zero value means key released. The input code generates events only
in case the value is different from before.
In addition to EV_KEY, there are two more basic event types: EV_REL and
......@@ -231,12 +231,12 @@ because it doesn't have any absolute coordinate system to work in. Absolute
events are namely for joysticks and digitizers - devices that do work in an
absolute coordinate systems.
Having the device report EV_REL buttons is as simple as with EV_KEY, simply
Having the device report EV_REL buttons is as simple as with EV_KEY; simply
set the corresponding bits and call the::
input_report_rel(struct input_dev *dev, int code, int value)
function. Events are generated only for nonzero value.
function. Events are generated only for non-zero values.
However EV_ABS requires a little special care. Before calling
input_register_device, you have to fill additional fields in the input_dev
......@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ device driver. It's a string like 'Generic button device' containing a
user friendly name of the device.
The id* fields contain the bus ID (PCI, USB, ...), vendor ID and device ID
of the device. The bus IDs are defined in input.h. The vendor and device ids
of the device. The bus IDs are defined in input.h. The vendor and device IDs
are defined in pci_ids.h, usb_ids.h and similar include files. These fields
should be set by the input device driver before registering it.
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